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Sterling Brown Still Speaks
I have to avoid the comment sections lately (see word to the wise below), but these last ten days of US news have been very disturbing to say the least. Not too far in the past one of my own sons was questioned by police officers while he and his friends stood on a curb…
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Fun with Metrics? I Certainly Hope So
Oops! I just noticed as I looked two posts back that I had promised to share the poems we went over at the last Cross Keys Poetry Society gathering, and already the next one is upon us tomorrow night. So I’ll be brief and just share a few notes that I sent out to the…
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“Trouble Needs a Home,” by Tori Amos
A day late for a Saturday song, but what’s the point of letting the calendar rule us, right? I’m heading to Philadelphia in just a while to see Tori Amos in concert for the second time. I’ve had a few boyfriends who really loved her music, but Brian took the time to introduce me to…
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Poetry Exercises: Words, Sounds and Imitation
I have been posting about the new poetry group that we’ve started at the local library where I find myself so happily employed. Please click back to the last couple posts for a lot more info. And I thought I’d mention this to you, see if you want to try it. It’s an exercise I’ve…
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CROSS KEYS POETRY RECAP–JULY, 2014–PART 2
So I told you about the new Cross Keys Poetry Society at the library where I work here in my tiny town of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Click here for part 1 of the story (It’s pretty short, and worth it for the background). I want to post updates about the progress and activities of this part-workshop-part-reading-group…
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Bukowski’s “Nirvana”
Sometimes at the meeting of a poem and an interpretation there is magic. Charles Bukowski's Nirvana revolves around a young man traveling to an undetermined destination, questioning his purpose in the world. Along the young man's aimless journey, he encounters a moment in time at a charming diner. In just that moment something is…
